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'Kate Capshaw' (born November 3, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the film ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'', and as the wife of director Steven Spielberg.

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Biography

Career

Trivia

Personal life

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Biography

Capshaw was born in 1953 'Kathleen Sue Nail' in Fort Worth, Texas and moved to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of five. She graduated from Hazelwood Senior High, now called Hazelwood Central High School in 1972. She earned a degree in education from the University of Missouri–Columbia. Where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi. She taught Special Education at Southern Boone County High School in Ashland, Missouri and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri, but later moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera ''Love of Life''. She took the surname Capshaw upon her marriage to Robert Capshaw; they had one child, actress Jessica Capshaw, and eventually divorced.

Career

Capshaw met film director Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead (from a pool of 120 actresses) for the ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' prequel, ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''; although the film was a success, Capshaw's performance as the often shrieking heroine was widely panned and, in the opinion of many, had a very negative impact on her career and reputation, preventing her from acquiring more prestigious roles.

Trivia

Capshaw's character Willie Scott is shown in the ''Family Guy'' film, ''. Stewie Griffin makes a remark about Capshaw and Steven Spielberg's relationship.

Personal life

Capshaw decided to convert to Judaism before marrying director Steven Spielberg^[1] on October 12, 1991.
There are seven children in the Spielberg-Capshaw family:

★ Jessica Capshaw (1976) (daughter from Kate Capshaw's previous marriage to Robert Capshaw)

★ Max Samuel Spielberg (June 13, 1985) (son from Steven Spielberg's previous marriage to actress Amy Irving)

★ Theo (b 1988 - African-American; adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg; adopted by Spielberg)

★ Sasha (May 14 1990 ^[2])

★ Sawyer (March 10, 1992),

★ Mikaela George (b Feb 28, 1996; adopted with Spielberg)

★ Destry Allyn (Dec 1, 1996)

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★ Performed voice over of Victoria Woodhull in the documentary, ''America's Victoria: Remembering Victoria Woodhull''